Combined table and closet



No. 625,077. Patented May l6, I899.

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COMBINED TABLE AND CLOSET.

,A ncaeion filed, Nov. 14, 1895.

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NITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. WILSON, OF FARMLAND, INDIANA.

COMBINED TABLE AND CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,077, dated May 16, 1899. Application filed November 14, 1898. Serial No. 696,413. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. \VILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farm land, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful CombinedTable and Oloset,'of which the followiug is a specification.

The aim and purpose of this invention is to provide a table having a hinged top which when raised will form one side of the apartment or closet and bracket-arms securedto the top, on which are adapted to be hung curtains, forming the end walls of the closet, the wall of the room forming the fourth wall of the apartment, the whole object being to pro duce a device which when folded will form a table, and when the top and bracket-arms are unfolded a separate apartment or closet can be easily made in the same room.

The device is especially adapted to be used in residences which are not provided with bath-rooms, and a bathing-tub can be placed in the apartment formed and a bath taken in privacy in any room of the residence.

The deviceis most conveniently used where it is placed in a kitchen. The table is used as an ordinary kitchen-table and when converted into a closet the hot-water to be used in taking the bath will be at hand, being taken Fig. 3 is a detail view of the supporting-arm for the end curtains, and Fig. 4 is a detail View of the curtain.

In the drawings, A designates the cornerlegs of the table. The side pieces of the. table are formed intwo parts B B. The part B is formed with a slot B", through which passes a bolt 13, secured to the part B, in order that the table can be extended longiother flexible material.

tudinally. The center of the table is supported by the legs 13", pivoted to the parts 13.

O C designate the end pieces of the table, the end piece 0 being hinged to one of the legs A at O for a purpose hereinafter de scribed.

D designates the cover formed in two portions in order that the table can be extended, as before described. The cover is hinged to the side of the table by the hinges D, so that it can be raised to form one side of the apartment, as plainly shown in Fig. 1.

Hinged to the ends of the cover adjacent its outer and upper end are the supporting arms E. These arms, as plainly shown in Fig.

3, are formed in two. parts secured together by the fasteners E. Located adjacent the lower portion of the arm is a groove or circular portion E, and connecting the groove with the bottom of the arm is a slot E'. At the rear end of the arm is a cut-away portion E, in which the upper end of .the curtain is adapted to be inserted, ashereinafter described.

Hinged to the free end of the arm E are the supporting-legs F. When the cover is raised, as shownin Fig. 1, the arms E will extend out from the cover horizontally and the legs will extend downwardly in a vertical direction and rest in the socket or bracket F, supported on the legs A of the table. When the cover is lowered to form a table, as shown in Fig. 2, the arms and legs will be folded and supported by the bracket.

G designates the end curtains. As plainly shown in Fig. 4, the upper edge of the curtain is formed with an enlarged portion G,which is done by turning down the edge of the curtain and sewing it around a piece of cord or When it is desired to secure the curtain to the arm E, the enlarged portion G is inserted in the groove E" at the cut-away portion E, and the curtain will hang down through the slot E'. The

- curtain is then drawn along the arm and will hang as shown in Fig. 1 and will reach to the floor, as shown by dotted lines, same figure.

Secured to the rear side piece of the table is a hanging device II, similar to the arm E, from which is adapted to be hunga curtain I.

When it is desired to use the device as a closet, one side of the table is pushed up against the Wall, the cover raised, the arms and legs extended, as described, the curtains hung, and the closet is complete, entrance being obtained through the hinged end piece 0. When it is desired to use the device as a table, the curtains are removed, the arms and legs folded, and the cover, lowered. If desired, I can store the curtains in receptacles on the under side of the cover, or I can place a soap-box, towel-rack, and mirror there, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a table-body, of a cover hinged thereto, arms extending from the opposite ends of the cover, means for supporting the arms in their extended position, and detachable curtains adapted to be suspended from the arms.

2. The combination with a table-body, of a cover hinged thereto, arms extending from the opposite ends of the cover, legs hinged to the free ends of the arms and extending down- Ward and supported by the table-body, and detachable curtains adapted to be suspended from the arms.

3. The combination with an extensible table, of a cover hinged thereto formed in two parts, arms hinged to the under side of the cover at its opposite ends, the arms adapt ed to extend horizontally when the cover is raised, means for supporting the arms in their extended position, and a curtain adapted to be detachably secured to the arms.

4. The combination with a table, of a cover hinged thereto,arms extending from the cover and over the table-body when the cover is raised, legs hinged to the ends of the arms and supported by the table-body, curtains detachably secured to the arms, and a curtain secured to the side of the table on the same side that the cover is hinged.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. WILSON. lVitnesses:

J. WALTER BROWN, W. A. THORNBURG. 

